10 things you didn't know about Pearl Jam

July 12, 2013 |By LYNSI BURTON

Pearl Jam this week announced a Seattle tour stop and a new album. Here are 10 interesting facts you can drop at your next party.

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It's no secret that Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was a vocal critic of Pearl Jam. He said they were sell-outs, calling them "corporate pop rockers." However, before his April 1994 death, Cobain and Eddie Vedder had made up. At the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, Cobain and Vedder slow danced to Eric Clapton performing "Tears in Heaven." Check out the footage here.

In fact, then-President Bill Clinton sought Vedder's counsel in the aftermath of Cobain's suicide. The day after Cobain's body was found, Pearl Jam was in Washington, D.C. and Clinton spoke to Vedder privately to ask whether he should address the nation about the tragedy. However, Vedder reportedly expressed concern that more publicity would encourage copycat suicides and Clinton ultimately never made a special statement about the event.

Michel Linssen/Getty

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It's no secret that Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was a vocal critic of Pearl Jam. He said they were sell-outs, calling them "corporate pop rockers." However, before his April 1994 death, Cobain and Eddie Vedder had made up. At the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, Cobain and Vedder slow danced to Eric Clapton performing "Tears in Heaven." Check out the footage here.

In fact, then-President Bill Clinton sought Vedder's counsel in the aftermath of Cobain's suicide. The day after Cobain's body was found, Pearl Jam was in Washington, D.C. and Clinton spoke to Vedder privately to ask whether he should address the nation about the tragedy. However, Vedder reportedly expressed concern that more publicity would encourage copycat suicides and Clinton ultimately never made a special statement about the event.